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Hansen Plastics Sees Huge Success from their 12 year Lean Journey!

One of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations. These are keynotes from a conversation with Tim Bayer, President […]

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How to Improve Every Day with Kata

Blog, Lean 101 / By Tom Reed

We call it continuous improvement because we continually want to improve in small increments. Unlike a sport, there is no time limit and you don’t keep score. Continuous improvement is not a race and you are never done. Sometimes you’ll want to focus on specific items to improve every day with Kata. What are some

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How to hold a Successful Kaizen Event Report Out

Blog, Lean 101 / By Tom Reed

One of the key elements of a kaizen event is conducting a report out at the end of the event. Having led over 400 kaizen events, I believe I have found a successful report out format. Learn about my successful kaizen event report out format in this blog. Every company does their report outs differently.

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How to Have a Successful Kaizen Event

Blog, Lean 101 / By Tom Reed

Last week I shared the importance of developing and A3 or project charter for your kaizen events. This week I want to share my kaizen event sequence of events. I have led over 450 kaizen events in my career and I have a good sequence of events. Here is how to hold a successful kaizen

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Contract Manufacturer Sees Huge Savings from first Kaizen

Blog, Interviews / By Tom Reed

One of the key elements on my American Lean Weekday podcast is the weekly interviews that I conduct with companies on their Lean Journey. These companies are from various industries and are all different sizes. I have interviewed leaders from family-owned businesses to multi-national organizations. This week I speak with a contract manufacturer in Longmont,

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